Smart And Adaptive Homes (Information technology magazine)

With technology entering our homes, are the days of looking for household help, over? As ‘smart’ networks in homes switch on your favourite TV channel unbidden, or keep your bath water ready for you at the desired temperature, will humans finally have all the leisure time they need, or will technology take over that space too?
Smart And Adaptive Homes, was published in i.t magazine, February 2008.

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